HTML5: How to specify a shorter label for an option?
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Explanation:
- The HTML document begins with a declaration of its type and version (<!DOCTYPE html>).
- The <html> element encloses the entire HTML document.
- The <head> section contains metadata about the document, such as character encoding and title.
- The <meta charset="utf-8"> tag specifies the character encoding of the document as UTF-8.
- The <title> tag sets the title of the document.
- Inside the <body> section, there is a <form> element with the name "Fav_Sport".
- The <label> element provides a label "Favorite Sports" for the form.
- The <select> element defines a drop-down list with the name "favoritesports" and the ID "favoritesports".
- The <optgroup> element defines an option group with the label "Sports".
- Inside the <optgroup>, there are <option> elements representing different sports within the group.
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